David Merritt
@butwhatifitsall
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Just an average, pragmatic left-leaning atheist. I support the underdog, despair at where we're at politically. All views my own. RTs don't signify agreement
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Don’t use my son’s death, and his and his colleague’s photos - to promote your vile propaganda. Jack stood against everything you stand for - hatred, division, ignorance.
TOMORROW: Just a reminder that the Daily Mail (and their copycat friends) are literally nothing more than the propaganda wing of the Tory Party, happily serving up piles of steaming bullshit messaging straight from central command.
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#MailFrontPages
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Just for the record, neither Boris Johnson nor anyone from No.10, Tory Central Office or anyone else has expressed their condolences towards my family since my son
#JackMerritt
was killed in London Bridge terror attack on 29 November, contrary to what No.10 told Sky News today.
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@Nigel_Farage
You know what, Farage, just fuck right off. You don’t know anything, you’re just a bitter, attention-seeking old racist. Immigrants risk everything to come here. You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth & you paint yourself as some sort of man of the people. You’re not.
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POLITICAL TWEET WARNING: Jack Merritt, who lived in a Con held Con/Lib marginal, but who was a natural Labour supporter, was intending to vote tactically next week. We will follow suit. For the sake of our public services, whatever you think of Swinson or Corbyn, vote anti-Tory❤️
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My son Jack Merritt was a do-gooder; he wanted to do good for people who’d had a rotten start in life & ended up in jail. Jack cared about people, unlike Johnson & Patel who care only for themselves & their rich friends. They enjoy punching down.
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Happy Birthday Jack. Always loved. Never forgotten x
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No visit, phone call, letter, email, text or any other form of communication whatsoever. The No.10 spokesperson must have been mistaken when they gave that statement to Sky News saying the PM had expressed his condolences. Maybe No.10 would like to issue a correction?
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This is the most heartfelt tribute to Jack from one of his best friends. If Jack’s friends are the future of this country, we are in safe hands.
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son’s death to make political capital. Wake up Britain: this man is a fraud. He’s the worst of us, & he’s taking you for a ride. You may think the options open to you in this election are not entirely to your liking. Me neither, but I’ll be voting least worst option: anti-Tory 6/
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I’m sorry if this upsets anyone, but the increasing use of the Americanisation “passed” when people mean “died” really grates on me. People don’t pass, they die. Saying “passed” doesn’t soften the blow, doesn’t make it any less real. Maybe it’s just me.
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#LeadershipDebate
points missed (or deliberately avoided by Johnson): we don’t know all the facts about this case yet, and we won’t know for some time - the inquest could take up to 2 years. We don’t know why Khan killed, or what, if anything could have been done differently 1/
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Totally unacceptable for
#Sainsburys
and
#Tesco
among others to announce that they won’t enforce the
#facemask
rules. Like giving a nod and a wink to all the anti-mask dickheads. Put security on the door and tell people they can’t come in if they’re not wearing one.
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The story that
@BBCNews
tried to bury, because they didn’t want to make Johnson look bad. Just think about that for a moment. And retweet.
Boris Johnson & The Curious Case of Jennifer Arcuri
There's no CCTV but there is £100,000 of taxpayers' money
@Hardeep_Matharu
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Jack died 6 months ago today. I can still scarcely believe it. I miss him more than I can say. My heart aches for him. I love you so much, Jack, my beautiful boy. X
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Read this beautifully written elegy to my son, Jack Merritt, by his friends Lewis and Laura, and weep for the senseless loss of a good man.
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I never thought I’d find myself cheering on a farmer on the radio - they do tend to be quite conservative - but my God, James Reedbanks on
@BBCr4today
was brilliant. “We have children in charge at the moment and we need to get the grownups back”. Put
@bbcnickrobinson
in his place
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For all our sakes, and for the future of the country, please, please do the same.
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Why the actual fuck is
@BBCr4today
allowing David Davis MP, pub bore & not an epidemiologist the last time I checked, opine about Covid & push the long-discredited “herd immunity” theory and compare Covid with the flu? They are spreading disinformation in the middle of a pandemic
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What an absolute dick.
"Nothing would make me less likely to go shopping than the thought of having to mask up."
Conservative MP Sir Desmond Swayne calls the government's decision on wearing face coverings in shops in England a "monstrous imposition".
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Jack Merritt’s and Saskia Jones’s inquests begin on Monday at The Guildhall in London. We miss our boy desperately every minute of every day. This will be an ordeal for us, but we hope it will allow us to draw a line of sorts under this terrible tragedy. Thank you so much to
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@nadinebh_
@Nigel_Farage
Thank you Nadine. It needs to be said:
@Nigel_Farage
is a cancer on our society.
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Stanley Johnson went to his second home for Easter. Why didn’t the
@BBCNews
ask him why he did this?
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I thought I should wear something appropriate on VE Day
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which makes the public LESS SAFE. Is that what we want? People are being released from prison with nowhere to live, given £47 & told to get on with it. Any guesses how people cope faced with that situation? No prizes. Corbyn spoke the truth last night. Johnson lied & used our 5/
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Princess Anne has a medical team, apparently, & her getting kicked by a horse is headline news. My friend Dan helped a woman who suffered a miscarriage in a field in Yorkshire today. It took 90 minutes for the ambulance to arrive, as she lay there bleeding & distraught.
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@LanceForman
@Sillyshib
@jriekemann
You campaigned for a hard Brexit. The full package: out of EU, Single Market, Customs Union, ECHR. Everything. Now the chickens are coming home to roost & the people you lied to are getting angry. Nothing as corrupt as the Brexit Party. No one as imperialist as Little Englanders
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on the backs of other prisoners’ suffering; if prisoners have engaged with rehabilitation & turned their lives around, why should they be punished for what Khan did? How will keeping them in for another few years keep public safe if they get released then with the same lack 3/
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@HollieJ2193
This is a beautiful, heartfelt tribute, Holly. Jack loved you and we love you. Please keep in touch; you will always be welcome in our home.
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of supervision and support? The prison education, probation and monitoring services have been cut to the bone, & overcrowding in prisons is inhumane - prisoners don’t win votes unless politicians are promising to be tough on them - but that makes re-offending MORE likely, 4/
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@SoniaPoulton
I'm not normally abusive to people on here, Sonia, but I have to say that you are one of the most staggeringly selfish & stupid individuals I have come across, and that's saying something. And the worst part of it is your pride in your selfishness & stupidity. You abuse freedom
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to prevent it. Let’s have an enquiry, not a witch hunt. Secondly, there is no justification AT ALL for cutting the early release tariff from a half to a third of sentences for all sentences over 4 years that carry a maximum life sentence; that‘s just trying to look tough 2/
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@LanceForman
@Sillyshib
@jriekemann
Starting to back away from your position, eh Lance? Soon you’ll deny ever campaigning to leave the EU. We see you. You’re a fraud and a liar.
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@Sathnam
Thank you so much Sathnam. Jack lived his beliefs. He held me to a high standard; he would have expected me to say this, and would have pulled me up had I not! He was an exceptional young man, and I’m only finding out the half of it now he’s gone.
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@MaidenSarah1
Growing up in Ukraine in the 1980s might not give someone an accurate knowledge of what actually happened.
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A pine marten turned up outside our holiday home in Ardheslaig- what a treat! We gave him an egg. I think he’ll be back.
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Jesus Fucking Christ, what is wrong with us? London-born twins face deportation to different countries
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@Nigel_Farage
You didn’t try to book a room there, you tosser; you went to try and stir up hatred against migrants. Good luck to them; I hope they get to stay. I wish you would piss off to Germany with your German passport, you plastic patriot. Actually, I wouldn’t wish you on any country.
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In the darkest times, the kindness of friends and complete strangers gives us the energy and inspiration we need to go on. Every kind word, every hug, every thoughtful gesture helps and sustains us. You know who you are. Thank you, and much love this Christmas. ❤️
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Lads and Lasses in the North East who voted for Johnson to Get Brexit Done, savour this rare show of gratitude from your lords and masters in Westminster. It’s the first and last time you’ll be seeing them, and you can reflect at leisure on the value of Getting Brexit Done
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@Nigel_Farage
You are nothing but a petty-minded, racist arsehole. You sang Nazi songs as a youth & supported the National Front. You are the worst of us; you contribute nothing to the UK other than hatred & division, unlike hard working EU migrants who give their talent & enrich our culture
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So, how much agency should I afford to the Brexit supporting, Tory voting working classes of the North and Midlands? Are they to blame for their own misfortune, or are “normal people” victims of misinformation, poor education etc? In other words, how angry am I allowed to be?
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I’d rather have the NHS
Rishi Sunak wants a 2p tax cut before the next election, and promises further tax cuts ever year.
@CliveBull
asks: Is that a measure that would get your vote?
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He really shouldn’t have progressed further than the local chapter of the BNP. The fact he did is largely due to the BBC & other media outlets promoting him as a “colourful controversial character”, just as they did with Johnson.
Literally blaming the victims. Just a sick sad twisted individual. How Farage ever came to be a public figure after his far right school days is shame on us.
The quicker he sinks in the vat of oblivion the better
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Is it just me, or does anyone else think that Government’s announcement of £60K for families of NHS staff who die from COVID is an attempt to head off claims for negligence against NHS trusts for not ensuring their safety? What bets it’ll come with an anti-claims clause?
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Everyone: buy Yorkshire Tea! I do anyway; it’s the best bag builder’s tea by a mile. And they hate racists! What’s not to like?!
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@labourlewis
I think you need to ask, Clive, why so many young people all of a sudden are questioning their gender and seeking medical routes to happiness. Clue: it’s not because they are transgender.
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There are more good people than bad people, many more. I am reminded of this daily:
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@NadineDorries
@DailyMailUK
Your paper. Didn’t see you complaining about it when it was monstering other people.
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@fascinatorfun
@ByDonkeys
I’m not far from tears most of the time these days; I feel very sad at what this country has become. I’m sad most of all that mainly bitter, older people have messed it up for our beautiful progressive children. At least I can look them in the eye & say: “Sorry. We did our best”
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@campbellclaret
@CovidJusticeUk
Johnson couldn’t even bring himself to express sympathy to us for Jack’s death when he was killed in the London Bridge terror attack in November 2019. Not a word. He just tried to exploit it for political gain. Beneath contempt.
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@carolecadwalla
@BBCr4today
Why on Earth is
@BBCNews
interviewing Cummings’ wife? Is this an extension of the policy (Johnson’s dad) of interviewing family members of people whom
@BBCNews
editors want to portray in a favourable light? Where is the news value in this?
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@Resilient_Vet
A much more achievable objective would be if a few of us had a whip round and had “Racist Twat” tattooed on your forehead. Then we could tell you to fuck off to your ignorant, pathetic face.
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This made me cry. Watch it and weep for what the US, the World, what we have lost. Trump and Johnson are not fit to lick Obama's boots.
I could watch this capsule of normality for hours lol. Remember when world leaders were humans?
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I was proud to meet Darryn at my son’s funeral yesterday and to thank him for his bravery on the day. He helped to save lives. A very impressive man
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Say hello to Guinness, the newest member of the Merritt family. We are smitten! ❤️🐶
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Police Family Liaison Officers took us to London today for a briefing on the investigation around the terrorist attack from the counter-terrorism police. Very informative and sensitively done. FLOs Toby and Sue have taken such good care of us. Top public servants all of them.
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I’d better not show this to my wife: she’s already madly in love with Klopp - or “Little Kloppy” as she calls him!
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Jack’s typically understated bike is ready to go again. It’s going to be emotional.
#JackMerritt
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everyone who has supported us since November 2019; your love from near and far has helped us keep our heads above water, and has helped nurture our faith in human nature. We love you all x
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I don’t know about you, but I’ve found this week quite stressful. So I’m sitting in the garden with my feet up, doing some deep breathing and listening to the wind in the trees and the birds.
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Despite what has happened recently, the BBC is not the Tories', it's ours. Allowing the Tories to destroy it by breaking it up, introducing a subscription model, would be playing into their and their billionaire media paymasters' hands: don't fall for it.
“I would man the barricades to defend it.”
— Steve Coogan is prepared to battle British PM Boris Johnson’s assault on the
@BBC
This is not just a British fight. This is a battle to save an institution that is a source of independent news for the world.
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@LizKershawDJ
Is this a parody Four Yorkshiremen Sketch account? My mum had to wipe her arse with torn up newspaper, but I’m glad I don’t have to. What exactly is your point? Poor people have enough to endure without wealthy media types telling them to shut up and suffer in silence.
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Moon shot. Money shot. Shot in the dark. Dead cat. Pie in the sky. Moon on a stick. Money for nothing. Money for old rope. Give ‘em enough rope. Rope in your mates. Mates’ rates. Billy Bullshit: up to his ears in it. Drowning in shit.
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There are no positives from this result. None. The country has sleepwalked to disaster. Old fuckers. Racist fuckers. Stupid fuckers. Where do we go from here?
Fuck David Cameron
Fuck Jeremy Corbyn
Fuck Nigel Farage
Fuck the self harming Northerners
We are all monumentally fucked
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Tory MP to boycott England games in row over taking the knee. GOOD. Fuck him. Time to take the culture war to the Tories, unapologetically. They are arseholes & I for one am sick of the racist, sexist bullshit spewed out by these morons and their enablers
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This superstar, Jack’s girlfriend Leanne, is now officially a vet, having passed the final part of her course yesterday. I can’t tell you how proud we are of her. Graduation on Saturday: it will be emotional. She’s not on Twitter, so she won’t see this - she’d probably kill me!
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Gary Neville joins Labour and considers move into politics
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Johnson is a Poundland Donald Trump, gurning at cameras, doing his best Trumpian thumbs up pose, chuntering away nonsensically while avoiding answering any questions. “Get Brexit Done” means nothing. Tories intend to crash out of EU with no deal; it suits their paymasters’ ends
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Who would you rather have at the helm in a crisis:
a) Blonde Billy Bullshit Bluffer Bon Viveur Slacker Boris Johnson
b) Socially awkward restless workaholic on top of detail and strategy respected by world leaders Gordon Brown?
You casts your vote and you makes your choice.
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@alantravis40
@pollytoynbee
I do reject “throwing away the key”. I also reject any politician who seeks to make political capital out of tragedies such as this. Johnson is a shell of a man. Beneath contempt. This country deserves better.
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@margarethodge
Do something about it then. Take direct action with like-minded MPs. Blockade Parliament. DO SOMETHING! The government is staging a coup by stealth and you are all sitting around moaning about it!
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@RichieLionel81
Thank you, that is very kind. I feel impotent in the face of this madness. Tweeting feels like doing something. It’s better than shouting at the TV.
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We tell ourselves that New Year’s Eve is just another day, that it doesn’t matter. But that’s bullshit: NYE is a landmark moment that demands you think about the important things. For us, that is Jack, and Joe. 2020: what can I say that hasn’t already been said? I feel exhausted,
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Nothing could ever really fill Jack’s shoes, but these Alpines are having a good go
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This is just lovely. Thanks
@TherealNihal
“My goal is to just carry on Jack's legacy"
A year on from the London Bridge attack and the deaths of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt, Rosca Onya, a close friend of Jack has released a song in his memory.
Watch the story of their incredible friendship.👇
@TherealNihal
@BBCSounds
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@theresecoffey
A recession caused by bankers, cheered on by Tories, who resisted curbs on reckless lending. "Strongly supporting families" involved Benefits Cap, 2 child limit on child benefit, Bedroom Tax, Universal Credit disaster, low wage, zero hours contract economy, record no.s in poverty
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Boris Johnson is a fucking liar and an arsehole. That is my considered opinion.
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Advice to Labour: it’s time to take the gloves off. Lucy Powell on
@BBCr4today
starting an interview with “I’m not sure the government has handled this as well as it might” is pathetic. It’s a fucking shit show; SAY IT! Go in hard. You’ve done responsible opposition in a time of
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Fuck Nigel Farage, just fuck him. He’s a two-bit barroom racist with a loud voice and nothing of value to say about any subject, but particularly this one. The media needs to stop enabling this mediocre arsehole.
I lost my brother to terrorism.
To ramp up hatred on line by claiming the Southport attack was terrorist related (culminating in riots, a mosque damaged and 27 police injured) is not just reprehensible but needs addressing.
Otherwise it will happen again.
Disgusted how a
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@AngelaRayner
I’m 55, Angela. This is without doubt the most corrupt, incompetent, uncaring Tory government I’ve ever seen. And that really is saying something.
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No 10 trying to distract attention from fact that Tories have been in government for past 10 years. So they blame.....lawyers. Not government which makes laws. Not government which runs prisons, probation services, counter-terrorism. No, it’s lawyers who’re to blame apparently.
No 10 source “People are being let out who are known to be extremely dangerous because of terrible decisions made over past 15yrs & the shocking influence of lawyers on policy. It’s time for a radical change”
> New focus on crim justice system?
> Qs too over what goes on in jail
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I think Guinness has settled in well - seems quite relaxed!
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Matt Hancock reorganising PHE in the middle of the Covid19 crisis & appointing serial failure and his bezzy mate (& wife of Tory MP) Dido Harding to run the new body demonstrates what a complete and utter bellend he is. The country is being run by imbeciles.
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@alexandrabulat
@GoldbergRadio
This white English person says you are very welcome here, and thank you for your service to your community and the Labour party. These racist cowards are a small minority. Thank you for speaking out. Sending love and support.
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@afneil
Not much longer to maintain the pretence of objectivity, impartiality, professionalism, Andrew. Soon you can relax into the role of rightwing arsehole we always knew you were.
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Be A Lert. Your country needs Lerts. Get COVID Done. Take Back COVID. I’m confused.
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Pithy and accurate
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Troubled by the senseless attacks in Streatham today. I hope all the victims pull through. Love to them and all their friends and relations. Love and solidarity also to all Muslim people; we know that the person who did this does not represent you. No reprisals.
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